T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12s: Australia v Ireland - live

3m ago 04.43 EDT 9th over: Australia 68-1 (Finch 27, Maxwell 7) Eight runs and a wicket off the ninth as Glenn Maxwell prowls out to the crease. He’s on it straightaway, knocking three twos to keep the fielders and his captain busy. 7m ago 04.39 EDT Wicket! Marsh ct Tucker b McCarthy 28 (Australia 60-2) McCarthy has a brace, not a great shot from Marsh who leans back on a cut shot and toe ends a widish delivery to the keeper. 9m ago 04.38 EDT 8th over: Australia 60-1 (Finch 27, Marsh 28) Dockrell on for a twirl and then batters are happy to work him around and take the ones and twos. Seven from the over and the fifty partnership between Marsh and Finch. 11m ago 04.35 EDT 7th over: Australia 53-1 (Finch 24, Marsh 24) Fifteen runs plundered off Fionn Hand. Mitch Marsh hits a brutal smite onto the second tier of the stadium behind midwicket – a 102 metre blow. And another! Six more! Marsh is happy to swipe across the line and dispatches Hand for another maximum. Ireland need one here, that was a *momentum shifting over TM*. 16m ago 04.31 EDT 6th over: Australia 38-1 (Finch 23, Marsh 11) Marsh crunches a four down the ground off Gareth Delaney but the spinner recovers well, spearing in five dots in a row. Powerplay done. T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12s: Australia v Ireland – live @Jimbo_Cricket https://t.co/eZBKIUdWbD — Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) October 31, 2022 How do you see this one going? Another finger chewin’ botty squeaker? As ever, send us your thoughts, theories and general musings. 20m ago 04.26 EDT 5th over: Australia 34-1 (Finch 23, Marsh 7) Finch is already looking more fluent this evening, he absolutely nails a slogged SIX off Adair that flies deep into the Gabba crowd, a whip-crack sound off the bat that echoes through the Brisbane night. The Aussie skipper then goes up and over to get four more. Fourteen off the over for Australia. 25m ago 04.21 EDT 4th over: Australia 20-1 (Finch 11, Marsh 6) Little returns and keeps a lid on things, Finch gets a cut shot away for four to get him going but Ireland are tight in the field, six runs from the over. 29m ago 04.17 EDT 3rd over: Australia 14-1 (Finch 5, Marsh 6) Mitch Marsh is the new man and he slots his first ball away on the swivel-pull for four. No sighters needed. Decent over from McCarthy though, six runs and a Warner wicket. 31m ago 04.15 EDT Wicket! Warner ct Adair b McCarthy 3 (Australia 8-1) Gone! Warner paddles Barry McCarthy straight to Adair on the ‘45*. Ireland are buoyant. Davey Dubya can’t believe what he’s done but has to haul himself from the field. *Brimful of… catcher 35m ago 04.12 EDT 2nd over: Australia 8-0 (Warner 3, Finch 5) The wonderfully moustachioed Mark Adair gets a full ball to hoop away from Finch who takes a few trots down the pitch. Lovely ball but no dice, skimming past the edge. A couple more runs are added but Warner is frustrated to miss out on a full-toss outside off-stump, he crunches it to Dockrell in the covers who pulls off a fine stop to save a certain boundary. Updated at 04.36 EDT 41m ago 04.05 EDT 1st over: Australia 5-0 (Warner 1, Finch 4) Relatively subdued first over, five runs from it. Little gets some decent bounce and the two batters get their eye in. The pitch looks customarily bouncy. 45m ago 04.02 EDT Righto, here we go then. Anyone else excited to see Josh Little get in and amongst the Aussie batting line up? David Warner has yet to make his mark on this tournament and Finch looked dreadfully out of knick in his last game against Sri Lanka, scoring 31 off 42 balls. He’s batted (but not middled – hoho) any criticism – calling the innings an “anomaly”. Little has the ball in hand, let’s play! Updated at 04.03 EDT 1h ago 03.49 EDT Teams: Ireland field the same side that did for England and there’s one change for Australia, Adam Zampa comes back in after his bout of covid, replacing Ashton Agar. Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch (c), 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Tim David, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood Ireland: 1 Paul Stirling, 2 Andy Balbirnie (c), 3 Lorcan Tucker(wk), 4 Harry Tector, 5 Curtis Campher, 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Fionn Hand, 10 Barry McCarthy, 11 Josh Little. 1h ago 03.33 EDT Good News – It isn’t raining! Adam Gilchrist is prowling round the lush Gabba outfield in a powder blue jacket under clear skies. What more could you want on a Monday morning/evening? Toss incoming…

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